“The revelation comes as investigators say they believe her father, who claims he was home when she disappeared but doesn’t know what happened to her, is lying to them.

The blood was found in the basement early in the investigation into Ayla’s disappearance from her father’s home in Waterville, spokesman Steve McCausland said.

The state crime laboratory has been running tests on it since then, but it was unclear when the test results would be ready.

Ayla’s whereabouts have been unknown since her father, Justin DiPietro, reported her missing the morning of Dec. 17.

McCausland called the discovery of the blood ‘troubling.

‘We have questioned the three adults that were there in the home that night,’ McCausland told The Associated Press.

‘We believe they have not given us the full story.’

…The discovery of the blood, first reported Saturday by WCVB-TV in Boston, is the latest development in the investigation.McCausland declined to discuss how much blood was found in the basement or how old it might have been.
The blood was one of hundreds of pieces of potential evidence that were removed from the house where DiPietro lives with his mother, McCausland said.

Justin DiPietro did not immediately return a message left on his cellphone. Trista Reynolds was participating in Saturday’s vigil and wasn’t available for comment.

A woman who answered DiPietro’s mother’s cellphone hung up after being asked about the blood.” ~Daily Mail